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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • rosemakaya1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • bevywilliams1@hotmail.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Rose Makaya <rosemakaya19@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rosemakaya1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:40:10 +0200
Subject: ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED FOR PARTNERSHIP




From: Mrs.Rose .M. Williams pretoria, south africa
rosemakaya1@hotmail.com or bevywilliams1@hotmail.co.uk


Dear Sir / Madam HUMBLE ASSISTANCE
Dear sir,
I am Mrs Rosalin .Makaya.Williams the wife of Late Mr.Makay.Williams of Zimbabwe This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact. A career diplomat who I consulted in my search for a reliable individual/company who can assist me in transferring a reasonable sum of money abroad to a company or private account introduced your firm to me. During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.
My Husband was one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe's ideas,Mugabe's supporters invaded my husband's farm and burnt everything in the farm ,killing my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husband's farm. Before his death, my husband had deposited with one of the finance Company in PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA ,the sum of US$8.4m After the death of my husband, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited the money in the finance Company as family valuables.
So I decided to contact you as my Husband's overseas firm bussinesspartner that will assist me and my family to move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any bank account We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 2% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 78% will be for me and my family to invest in your country All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire Personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication.

You can contact My son on the above Email at;(bevywilliams1@hotmail.co.uk) or (rosemakaya1@hotmail.com )
Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential. Thanks and God bless. Best regards,
Mrs.Rose . Williams for the family.
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